2-3318.Application of swine waste; authority of
secretary of health and environment; nutrient utilization plans, review and
approval; penalties for
violations.
(a) Regardless of whether irrigation water is added, whenever
swine waste is applied to crops or land, the secretary of health and
environment is authorized to
investigate, inspect or conduct any manner of examination or review of the
application of swine waste. No swine waste shall be applied to crops or land
in excess of agronomic application rates.
(b) The secretary of health and environment shall review and approve
all nutrient utilization plans
that provide for the application of swine waste to crops or land and that are
submitted by swine confined feeding facilities pursuant to K.S.A.
65-1,182 and
amendments thereto if the plans demonstrate that swine waste will be applied
pursuant to agronomic application rates and include all required
information. Nutrient utilization plans shall be
submitted on a form required by the secretary of health and
environment.
(c) Failure of the operator of a swine confined feeding
facility to implement a nutrient utilization plan approved by the
secretary of health and environment shall be considered a violation of
the Kansas
chemigation safety law for which the secretary may suspend a
permit pursuant to K.S.A. 2-3310 and amendments thereto or may
impose a civil penalty pursuant to K.S.A. 2-3317 and amendments
thereto, or both.
(d) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the
Kansas chemigation
safety law.
History: L. 1998, ch. 143, § 24;
L. 2002, ch. 181, § 14;
L. 2009, ch. 128, § 34; July 1.
2-3318.Application of swine waste; authority of
secretary of health and environment; nutrient utilization plans, review and
approval; penalties for
violations.
(a) Regardless of whether irrigation water is added, whenever
swine waste is applied to crops or land, the secretary of health and
environment is authorized to
investigate, inspect or conduct any manner of examination or review of the
application of swine waste. No swine waste shall be applied to crops or land
in excess of agronomic application rates.
(b) The secretary of health and environment shall review and approve
all nutrient utilization plans
that provide for the application of swine waste to crops or land and that are
submitted by swine confined feeding facilities pursuant to K.S.A.
65-1,182 and
amendments thereto if the plans demonstrate that swine waste will be applied
pursuant to agronomic application rates and include all required
information. Nutrient utilization plans shall be
submitted on a form required by the secretary of health and
environment.
(c) Failure of the operator of a swine confined feeding
facility to implement a nutrient utilization plan approved by the
secretary of health and environment shall be considered a violation of
the Kansas
chemigation safety law for which the secretary may suspend a
permit pursuant to K.S.A. 2-3310 and amendments thereto or may
impose a civil penalty pursuant to K.S.A. 2-3317 and amendments
thereto, or both.
(d) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the
Kansas chemigation
safety law.
History: L. 1998, ch. 143, § 24;
L. 2002, ch. 181, § 14;
L. 2009, ch. 128, § 34; July 1.
2-3318.Application of swine waste; authority of
secretary of health and environment; nutrient utilization plans, review and
approval; penalties for
violations.
(a) Regardless of whether irrigation water is added, whenever
swine waste is applied to crops or land, the secretary of health and
environment is authorized to
investigate, inspect or conduct any manner of examination or review of the
application of swine waste. No swine waste shall be applied to crops or land
in excess of agronomic application rates.
(b) The secretary of health and environment shall review and approve
all nutrient utilization plans
that provide for the application of swine waste to crops or land and that are
submitted by swine confined feeding facilities pursuant to K.S.A.
65-1,182 and
amendments thereto if the plans demonstrate that swine waste will be applied
pursuant to agronomic application rates and include all required
information. Nutrient utilization plans shall be
submitted on a form required by the secretary of health and
environment.
(c) Failure of the operator of a swine confined feeding
facility to implement a nutrient utilization plan approved by the
secretary of health and environment shall be considered a violation of
the Kansas
chemigation safety law for which the secretary may suspend a
permit pursuant to K.S.A. 2-3310 and amendments thereto or may
impose a civil penalty pursuant to K.S.A. 2-3317 and amendments
thereto, or both.
(d) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the
Kansas chemigation
safety law.
History: L. 1998, ch. 143, § 24;
L. 2002, ch. 181, § 14;
L. 2009, ch. 128, § 34; July 1.